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Chapter 59: Slytherins
"C'mon Mione, lets go."
"Where you goin'?"
"Muggle studies Ron. Remember? We have one more class."
"Right, the no-Slytherin class." I just rolled my eyes, we had to get to class, I didn't have time to argue with him now. I took Hermione's hand and we shot out of the common room.
We made it to the classroom where the kids were mobbing at the door. As soon as we arrived though, professor Burbage opened the door and started speaking serenely.
"Please find a seat. We will begin soon." We entered the room and I was pleased to see a whiteboard instead of the usual blackboard and a box of pens on the teacher's desk.
"That's the voice of a happy woman." Hermione told me.
"I guess so."
We turned to the class to find seats. And, my prediction came true. But that didn't mean I was going to tell Ron 'Told you so'. A dark skinned boy sat in the back corner of the class, inspecting his nails carefully, not making eye contact with anyone. But Hermione was with me… Luckily, she took my confused expression for something else, dunno what, but she wasn't someone to be easily convinced by house stereotypes. But I wasn't really paying attention to her, so when she grabbed my hand, I was surprised.
"Sit down Sel. And stop looking at him like that." She sat us at a desk in the front row. What a surprise…
"Mione, what you're talking about?"
"Zabini. You look terrible at him. He's done nothing to you. Unlike Malfoy. So don't look at him like that."
"You're defending Slytherins all of a sudden?"
"No. I'm just asking you not to judge a book by it's cover." We sat in silence, waiting for the teacher to start the lesson.
"What the hell is happening here?"
"Where?"
"Blaise. What is he doing here?"
"Wait, you took Muggle studies this year?"
"Drop it. Why is he taking this class?"
"Dunno. You ask him."
"Yeah, with Hermione here, I'm going to go to him. Wanna stretch my legs on his lap too?"
"Hey, stop it."
"You made me."
"Ok, now were fighting like preschoolers."
"No really?"
"Y'know, I don't know why he took that class. I told him everyone will find that suspicious, but he wanted to take it."
"And you?"
"Really? He's a pureblood Slytherin like me, yes, but his family was neutral during the war. I don't think you could say that about my family."
"True. Ok, I'll drop the subject then. He has the same right as us to take this class."
"Ok then kids, I see you all found a seat so we might as well start. I am professor Charity Burbage, and I teach Muggle studies. I was thinking that since you are all from different houses, I will put you into groups so you can get to know each other. You will keep this groups until the end of the year and will make the final project together. I hope that you can put away the stereotypes and get to know the person, not the house."
As soon as the groups appeared on the whiteboard, it was clear why she said that. Kids from the houses that had problems against each other were paired together. The Ravenclaws with the Hufflepuffs, and us (the Gryffindors) with the Slytherin. I reluctantly followed Hermione to the back of the class, where Blaise paled a little. She started speaking.
"Ok Zabini, I know you Slytherins don't like, well, more like despise Gryffindors, but considering we'll be in the same group for the entire year, I think we should at least act civilly towards each other."
"Well, when you're right you're right Granger. Besides, I didn't come here to start a fight with anyone." I looked at him wide eyed, I never actually tought he could really act like that with Hermione, since she was better than both him and sometimes Draco in most of the classes, and he wasn't really used to losing. But he didn't say anything else. We turned to the teacher.
"I will give you some paper and pens, so you can write like Muggles do. It's not complicated, just like a quill, except you don't have to dip it in ink and the paper is smoother and not as crumply as parchment. On these papers you will write what you find out about your group partners until the end of this lesson. You will keep both the papers and pens, today I just want you to get used to it, since all of your work for this class will be done using them."
By the end of the lesson, I knew that Blaise's favourite color was garnet and Hermione's periwinkle and a movie that impressed her was Hacksaw Ridge. Blaise didn't talk much, but he was looking like he was happy to be in this class, even though the other students threw him side glances. We parted and I and Hermione headed to the common room. We didn't really have time to talk to the boys until next morning at breakfast.
"I still don't understand what he was doing there." Harry said.
"Probably spying."
"Really Ron, do you really have to think like that of everyone?"
"Not everyone, he's a Slytherin."
"I'm getting tired of this." I said and grabbing my book bag and the remains of my sandwich, I walked out of the Great Hall and to the DADA classroom. When I got there, I sat on a step, resting my head on my hands.
"What has Weasel done again?" I didn't need to raise my head to know who was speaking.
"Going on about the all evil Slytherins." I said as he sat down next to me.
"Well, for all you know, I could be evil."He tried to give me a terrifying look.
"As evil as a bowtruckle."
"Hey, those things are nasty."
I started lauging but I was cut short by a leg and an electric shock, though this time I managed to keep my hair brown. I looked down at the boy who tripped over me.
"Can't stay on your legs, can you Theo?" Draco teased, suddently on his legs. For anyone watching, the logical scenario would be that he was making fun of me or something.
"Shut it Malfoy and help me get up." Draco extended his hand and helped the boy.
"Who the hell sits on a classroom's step? You're trying on pupose to hurt Slytherins, aren't you? Hmph, couldn't expect more from a non pureblood." He snorted and I avoided looking into his eyes.
"Well sorry that the stick up your ass stops you from being able to look where you're walking." I got up just as the rest of the kids arrived and the door opened. I couldn't belive I didn't have the guts to tell him. At the World Cup I didn't have any problems. Then again, at the World Cup I didn't really have any choice.
Sitting at the Great Hall table at lunch, I couldn't think of anything else than how to tell Theo. But the others, oblivious to what I was thinking of, were talking about Moody's class.
"I can't belive what he did with those spiders."
"At least you didn't have one on your face!"
"Shut it boys, the most important is, he'll put us under the Imperius."
"I don't know how I feel about that."
"None of us know Sel, I mean, who knows what he'll make us do. Or how it feels."
"That's not what I meant. The problem isn't exactly the curse. But, there's something off about that man. Did you see Neville.s face after the class? Or when he got invited to the so called tea?"
"So called? What do you mean?"
"Nevermind. We'll see." Just then, Moody entered the Great Hall, about five minutes after Neville.
"Professor! I wanted to ask you something." Hermione called and I could swear I saw a glint in his eyes. Well, in the normal eye. He walked over to us and, I don't know why, he stretched his arm over the table, towards the fruit bowl, hesitating at the half of the way and finally taking an apple.
"Yes, Granger?"
"I was wondering, are you going to put the Imperius over each of us? And what are you going to make us do?"
"Yes, everyone will experience it. And don't worry, I won't make you jump from the window." But something in him made me think he would do that if he could.
Hermione's point of view:
For some reason, what he said didn't make me feel any better about the whole thing. When he left, we continued our conversation.
"What do you think he'll make Malfoy do?"
"Maybe mess his hair." Harry offered as Selene took a sip of her too sweet tea. How could she drink her like that was a mystery to me.
"Maybe you'd better think what will he d-"
she stopped mid sentence with the mug in her hand. We heard the shatter ofof ceramic before seeing her sprawled on the floor.
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